detonation
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A controlled detonation has been carried out on a large World War Two bomb found at a building site.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The report suggested possible causes for the premature fuze detonation but determined that military personnel were not at fault.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
ICF allows scientists to replicate and study the effects of nuclear weapons, including how materials behave under the same extreme temperatures and pressures found inside a nuclear detonation, without an actual nuclear test.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Police said in a statement that it was an accidental detonation, not a terrorist attack.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Gasping, he twitched his head painfully, and immediately uncorked another blast, a gigantic phlegm-spraying detonation that scattered money all over the table, all over Harlan Betchel’s shirt front, and all over the floor.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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